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Friday, November 11, 2011

Archaic Aramaic Bible?

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ODDITY: Archaic Aramaic Bible .

More on the Digital Dead Sea Scrolls Project

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THE DIGITAL DEAD SEA SCROLLS PROJECT is covered by AlMasry AlYoum : Dead Sea Scrolls, free at last . Excerpt: Youssef Zeidan, director of ...

Audio on ASOR and Shiloh

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ARUTZ SHEVA : Audio: ASOR from the Inside; In the Light of Shilo .
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Talmud and liberal arts education

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POLITICS DAY! In this case the politics of the higher education bubble in Israel and the relevance of Talmud studies to the discussion. Thi...

UNESCO-Palestine politics and France

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POLITICS DAY! The UNESCO decision about Palestine comes up in this press release: World Jewish Congress Leaders Held Talks With French Pre...

Emek Shaven on the Mamilla Cemetery

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DID I MENTION POLITICS? David Stacey has sent this link to an Emek Shaveh web page on the Mamilla Cemetery/Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance: ...

Debate over archaeology amendment in Israel

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ARCHAEOLOGY POLITICS IN ISRAEL AGAIN: Archaeologists criticize new bill for 'politicizing' Israel Antiquities Authority Sole vote ag...

Egyptian blogger in LA Times again

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THE EGYPTIAN BLOGGER'S PLIGHT continues to be covered by the LA Times : Egyptian mother on hunger strike to free blogger son from prison...
Wednesday, November 09, 2011

2013 Conference on Mandaeism in Stockholm

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JAMES MCGRATH notes a 2013 Conference on Mandaeism at the University of Stockholm.

A modern reissue of a Sibylline Oracle

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PSEUDEPIGRAPHA WATCH (sort of): At Facebook, Vincente Dobroruka notes this modern reissue of an ancient Sibylline Oracle: El Cant de la Sib...

Another obituary for Ben Zion Wacholder

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ANOTHER OBITUARY FOR BEN ZION WACHOLDER, this one by Michael A. Meyer, has been published at the SBL website. Click here to download it as...

VIdeo: In Search of Herod's Tomb

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JERUSALEM POST VIDEO: In search of Herod's tomb . More on Herod's tomb (and whether that's what it is) here and links. The ch...

New book: Kinght & Levine, "The Meaning of the Bible"

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NEW BOOK: Leading Scholars Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levin Explore the Historical and Literary Forces in the Bible in Their New Book, ...

Detained Egyptian blogger update

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DETAINED EGYPTIAN BLOGGER UPDATE: March to support detained activist; mother on hunger strike By Mai Shams El-Din /Daily News Egypt Novem...
Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Report on Alan Crown conference

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A BRIEF REPORT ON THE CONFERENCE IN HONOR OF ALAN CROWN at Sydney University has been posted by Simon Holloway at Davar Akher. Background ...

James McGrath on "Jesus mythicism"

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JAMES MCGRATH has an essay in The Christian Century taking on "Jesus Mythicism." James puts a lot of effort in his blog on refut...

Interview with "The Dovekeepers" author

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ALICE HOFFMAN, author of The Dovekeepers , is interviewed in the San Diego Union-Tribune : Author interview: Alice Hoffman By John Wilkens, ...

Modern Hebrew Lectureship at Wellesley

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A MODERN HEBREW LECTURESHIP at Wellesley College: Wellesley College seeks applications for a non-tenure track appointment in Modern Hebrew l...

BAR profiiles Zuckerman's epigraphic photography

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BRUCE ZUCKERMAN'S EPIGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY is profiled by Biblical Archaeology Review in their Bible History Daily series: New Eyeballs ...

Trendy Tetragrammaton

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THE TETRAGRAMMATON is trendy these days, according to Philologos in The Forward : How Yahweh Got Its Verbal Vibe Back: Ancient Hypothetica...